Despite a major potential to develop solar power and an ambitious program of renewable energy production (RE) by 2030, Algeria has been struggling for a decade to launch its green energy transition. Neither the depression of crude oil prices from 2014 to 2020 nor the strong dependence of the nat..
Selma Kasmi and Hamza Hamouchene
Selma Kasmi is an Algerian journalist and translator/interpreter. She has worked as a regional correspondent for international agencies, responsible for the North Africa/Sahel region. She is interested in energy and security geopolitics, population movements, the economic stakes of conflicts, and the status of women and ethnic components within a nation. She is particularly interested in the dynamism of popular neighborhoods since the beginning of the Algerian hirak. You can follow her on Twitter: @Selmakasmi
Hamza Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher-activist, commentator and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA) and the North African Food Sovereignty Network (NAFSN). He is currently the North Africa Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI). His work is focused on issues of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty as well as climate, environmental, and energy justice in North Africa. You can follow him on Twitter: @Bentoumert